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Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, says that members of Boko Haram terror group have moved their war from Land where they have been defeated to Cyberspace. Buratai said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja yesterday June 28th "We have already defeated the insurgents and the terrorists on the land. Now they have migrated to cyberspace. They have migrated to the internet and other print electronic media but I want to assure you that the terrorists and the Boko Haram members who have migrated to the cyberspace, we will follow them to that cyberspace and equally defeat them"he said

Charly Boy shared this images from a photo session with renowned photographer TY Bello. More when you continue...

The immediate past Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP Prince Uche Secondus has charged All Progressives Congress APC federal Government led by President Muhammedu Buhari to stop causing more problems for the country and set out to tackle the myriads it already created. Prince Secondus noted that rather than strive to address the major socio economic issues weighing down Nigerians due to the confusion and lack of direction of  the government in the last one year, the APC  is rather busy creating more battle fronts and compounding the challenges of the county. "Today under APC leadership the country has become a whole theatre of acrimony with agitations here and there with no clear sign of solution in sight forcing political watchers to question if the country is disintegrating.  "Even the Boko  haram issue that was supposed to be progressing well has run into troubled waters because of the confusion in the ruling party....

A 24 year old Missouri man has been charged with 4 counts of homicide after killing his grand dad and mum, sister and 3 month old baby nephew by shooting them on the head and setting them on fire . Grayden Denham of Edgerton in Platte County is accused of murdering his grandparents Russell Denham, 82, and Shirley Denham, 81, his sister Heather Ager, 32, her son, Mason Schiavoni, 3 months and a dog in a terrifying homicide case in February. All the bodies were burning when firefighters arrived and had to put out the flames on each body, Platte County Sheriff Mark Owen said at a press conference on Monday. "Upon further examination of the scene, the following details were revealed: Every victim had sustained one or more gunshot wounds. The canine had sustained gunshot wounds and every victim had been set on fire," Owen said. Grayden's mother, Shelly Dunham, has said that her son did not kill his family members. "I was blindsided by this," she tol...

Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has filed an appeal against Monday's judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja which removed him from ‎office as governor over alleged falsification of tax receipts. The Governor, in a notice of appeal filed by Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, raised five grounds of appeal upon which he asked the Court of Appeal to set aside the judgment and orders of the high court. The governor said that the Federal High Court lacked the power to order him to vacate the seat of Abia State Governor. The notice of appeal reads: "The trial judge erred in law when he ordered as a consequential order that the appellant vacates his office‎ as the Governor of Abia state immediately when there was no jurisdiction in the Federal High Court to remove, vacate the occupier of the office of the governor of a state or order the removal of such officer after the unsuccessful challenge of the result of the election at the Tribunal and swearing in of the ap...

Angry mob last Wednesday, nabbed two suspected cable thieves and tied them to a transformer fence at Anagada village, Gwagwalada Area Council. According to Daily Trust, a resident of the community identified as LLiyasu said the two suspects allegedly went to vandalize a newly installed transformer at the outskirts of the community but a security guard at the village primary school heard strange sounds from the direction of the transformer and raised alarm. "That attracted the attention of some youth who ran after them. One of them was apprehended and taken to the chief’s palace. But luck ran out on the second one who came back the next day to carry the cables inside the sack when he was also nabbed and tied to the transformer fence together with the first one," he said. The two suspects were later handed over to men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) at Gwagwalada.

Read the statement below... The Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Zenith Bank plc to show cause why an Order Exparte to defreeze Governor Ayodele Fayose's accounts, filed yesterday to the court by the governor's legal team, should not be granted. The judge gave Monday July 4 for the anti-graft agency and Zenith bank Plc to appear in court with the said evidence. Mr Mike Ozekhome (SAN), had through an exparte order deposed to on the 24th of June, 2016 by Bimpe Olatemiju sought a mandatory order de-freezing the accounts belonging and operated by him pending the determination of his interlocutory application. Joined in the suit are the EFCC (1st defendant) and Zenith bank (2nd defendant). The order was supported by 18-paragraph affidavit , a lone Exhibit, which was a letter issued to Governor Fayose by Zenith bank confirming that the EFCC actually placed a restriction order on the accounts and a written addr...

According to a post shared on Facebook by Abraham OC Ogolo, doctors at a Nigerian hospital removed a giant fibroid weighing 26kg from a woman's stomach. His post below: "Doctors from Safe Hands Medicare Center Nigeria have removed this. According to the hospitals social media report, confirmatory results shows that the mass weighed 26kg in Histopathology lab and was a 32cm degenerating fibroid. This makes it the Largest ever mass to be removed from an individual in any part of the world. Update: this surgery took place in 2014 in Nigeria...but still news to many..so continue reading... The surgery was done without blood transfusion Access to good healthcare can make a difference. This is the reason I campaign vigorously for universal access to good quality healthcare. It is a common belief in Africa that a woman with a large mass such as this one may have been cursed by someone in her present or in her past life. Some unqualified personnel may even attempt to m...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike supervising the demolition of cultists hideout at Rumuolumini in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area on Tuesday.

Jason Day, the world's No.1 golfer has cited fears of Zika virus as his reason for not participating in the Rio Olympics to take place in Brazil this summer. His move comes after four-time golf champion Rory McIlroy pulled out this month for similar reasons, while several other Golf big names have also said they won't travel to South America. "The reason for my decision is my concerns about the possible transmission of the Zika virus and the potential risks that it might present to my wife's future pregnancies and to future members of our family," Day said in a statement published on his Twitter account. "I have always placed my family in front of everything else in my life. Medical experts have confirmed that while perhaps slight, a decision to compete in Rio absolutely comes with health risks to me and my family. My wife Ellie and I have been blessed with two wonderful and healthy children and our plans is to have more. "Wh...

Tragedy was averted  on Monday  in Ogun State, as the the convoy of the Deputy Governor, Chief Yetunde Onanuga, was attacked by suspected militants in the Ibafo area of Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the State. Suspected Niger Delta militants alleged to be hiding in creeks in the area, have been terrorising and killing residentslately. The deputy governor and her security team was visiting  some borderline communities between Ogun and Lagos states, which were sacked by the militants. She was accompanied by the heads of security formations in the state to reassure the people of the area of government’s readiness to secure them. The situation changed at Akoka Ebute area of Ibafo, when suspected militants opened fire on the security operatives that accompanied the deputy governor. The gun battle lasted for about 20 minutes. Reports however say there was no casualty Reacting to the gun battle, the Secretary to the State Government,  Taiwo Ad...

The first prosecution witness, called by the EFCC, Ibrahim Mahir, Tuesday, told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki authorised the payment of $40 million in favour of One Plus Holdings. Mahir stated this at the trial of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Robert Azibaola. According to Manir, he was instructed by Dasuki to prepare a payment mandate of 40 million dollars in favour of the company. “On Aug. 20, 2014, the NSA endorsed a memo to me which originated from the director of finance and administration in the office of the NSA giving bank details of a company called One Plus. “The memo also gave details of the purpose for which the company was to be paid the sum of 40 million dollars. “The NSA instructed me to prepare payment and my understanding of that was that I should prepare the payment mandate for One Plus for his signature. “After I got the memo, I prepared the payment mandate, sent it to hi...

The Northern Nigeria chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has lamented, that President Muhammadu Buhari has not been fair to Christians in appointments made. The body stated that Buhari’s appointments so far has been in breach of the law that created the Federal Character. CAN Secretary, North, Barrister Danladi Yarima expressed this while speaking during an interview he granted in Kaduna. According to him, CAN is so far not happy with the choice of the President’s appointment as it has not been fair to its members. “CAN is not satisfied with the appointments of President Buhari so far, neither is the body believing that the Federal Government is fair to its members in terms of appointments. “The question one would ask is that why is it that when it comes to appointments, the federal character principle even when it is adhered to, is always observed in the breach of the law that created it?” he asked. Barrister Yerima said that another question begging ...

The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Ibrahim K Idris has appointed DCP Donald N. Awunah as the new Force Public Relations Officer. Until his new assignment, Donald Awunah was the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Homicide Section of Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID) Abuja. He is to replace ACP Olabisi Kolawole who was the Force Public Relations Officer from August 2015 to June, 2016. Outgoing ACP Olabisi Kolawole urged the media and the public to extend maximum cooperation to the new Spokesman, just as the new FPRO promised to work to increase the tempo of good relationship between the Police and the public in line with the policy thrust of the Nigeria Police Force.

See F1 racer Lewis Hamilton's £1.15million Ferrari car (photos) The Formula one champion took his electric-hybrid super-car worth £1.15million for a spin  on  the streets of Los Angeles  on Saturday . There are only 499 of these cars in the world..  

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today, June 27, 2016, arraigned one Pastor Moses Oluwapelumi Iduye before Justice M. O Ishola of the Oyo State High court sitting at Ibadan, on a 10 count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, forgery and uttering of document. One Adeyemi Ronke Bola petitioned EFCC alleging that he collected over N1.2 million under the pretence that he would help her secure traveling documents, but later gave her fake airline ticket and visa. When the charges were read out to Moses, he pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him. Oyo State High Court Judge, Justice Ishola, adjourned the case to 12th of July and ordered that he (defendant) be remanded in prison custody.

  Residents of Ekiti state this morning staged an anti-Buhari protest in the state capital, Ado Ekiti. The protesters carried placards with various anti-Buhari inscriptions. Some of them carried placards calling for the investigation of the former governor of the state now Minister of Solid Minerals, Kayode Fayemi. See more photos after the cut.

The Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth has alleged that the Nigerian Government is hiding Amina Ali Nkeki who was rescued last month. He stated this via twitter

Argentina captain Lionel Messi today retired from International football after losing the Copa America title to Chile. But looking at his CV as a footballer and honours achieved you can only salute. See his fact-file after the cut... Name: Lionel Andres Messi  Nationality: Argentinian Date of birth: June 24, 1987 – age 29  Place of birth: Rosario,  Argentina Club: Barcelona (ESP/since 2000)  International appearances: 112  International goals: 55 International debut: August 17, 2005, Hungary 1 Argentina 2   Honours  Club Champions League (4): 2005-06, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2014-15  Club World Cup (3): 2009, 2011, 2015  Spanish Championships (8): 2004-05, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2014-15, 2015-16  Spanish Cup (3): 2008-09, 2011-12, 2014-15, 2015-16  Spanish Super Cups (6) 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013  International World Cup: Finalist (2010), Quarter-finalist ...

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, today released a statement where he alleged that there is now a government within the government of President Buhari who have seized the apparatus of Executive powers to pursue their nefarious agenda. Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has now released a statement replying Saraki. The statement reads ... President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, claims there is “now a government within the government of President Buhari”, which has allegedly seized the apparatus of Executive powers to pursue a nefarious agenda. This claim by Senator Saraki would have been more worth the while, if it had been backed with more information. If he had proceeded to identify those who constitute the “government within the government,” it would have taken the issue beyond the realm of fiction and mere conjecture. But as it stands, the allegation is not even worth the paper on which it was written, as anybody can wake from a troubled ...

President Buhari says Nigeria is paying dearly for incompetence in managing high revenue that accrued from oil, particularly over the past decade, and for allowing the decay of critical infrastructure. Speaking at the State House, Abuja, today, while receiving the Chief Global CEO of Unilever, Paul Polman, President Buhari said his administration is working very hard to change the structure of the Nigerian economy battered by several years of mismanagement. ''We refused to save for the rainy day. Now the rain is beating us. No money, no savings, nothing. And we are thoroughly wet from the rains," he said. President Buhari said Nigeria was paying the price for turning herself into a mono economy, but assured that the country would soon be able to feed herself, and even export, with the current emphasis placed on agriculture. He assured that the Federal Government would fast-track the implementation of strategies to ease doing business and attract more investors i...

Nigerian-born singer Jidenna is reportedly dating basketball analyst, Rosalyn Gold-Onwude (who may also be Nigerian - going by her name), who calls games for ESPN. She is also a reporter for the Golden State Warriors and the San Francisco 49ers.The two have been dating for about 3 months now and he brought her to the red carpet at the BET Awards. Rosalyn is a Stanford University graduate with a BA in Communications and a Master’s Degree in Sociology. Nice pick, Jidenna..